Baltimore City prosecutors said 46-year-old Andrew Palmer has made a career of faking seizures to avoid paying for the food he eats in restaurants.

Palmer pleaded guilty Friday to two counts of theft for ordering meals and then pulling the maneuver at Shuckers in Fells Point and Sullivan's Steakhouse in a three-day span in January. He received a sentence Monday of time served -- 29 days -- plus one year in prison.

Officials said Palmer eluded a $62 bill at Shuckers by pretending to have a seizure. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where they determined nothing was wrong with him. Three days later, prosecutors said he ate $161 worth of food at Sullivan's before pulling the same routine.

Palmer has been convicted more than four-dozen times for similar attempts to avoid paying for meals.

Prosecutors said his most recent "dine and dash" happened six days after being released from prison for a similar conviction stemming from an incident at Wit & Wisdom Tavern in Harbor East.